Choices as a theme relates to both Kubrick and a character.
Wendy chooses denial so often that her only choice to escape Jack trying to kill her is to try and squeeze out of the bathroom window.
Jack’s choice of destruction in boredom as opposed to joining his family.
Kubrick creates a false choice by presenting two sets of doors (Like in No.23).
In this image · No.7
Wendy sees Danny’s dislocated shoulder as an “ends justify the means” to Jack’s sobriety.
Jack’s level of control is so deep that Wendy is presented with permission to leave in response to physical harm to their son.
Hearing this, we assume Danny’s shoulder incident happened five months ago, but earlier it was conflated that Danny had the accident around the time of nursery school. Based on his age, that would be 1–3 years ago.
During No.47, we hear Jack’s side of the story and he exclaims “It was 3 goddamn years ago”, in reference to The Incident, but “Here’s to 5 miserable months on the wagon” in relation to his sobriety.
Alcoholism: No.15, “We don’t drink”, and No.47, “Here’s to five miserable months on the wagon, and all the irreparable harm it’s caused me”.
The thematic reflection here is time and lying. We are not told when No.7 is, and we are not really sure of the exact date of No.9, but by No.47 it has been at least six weeks since they arrived at The Overlook.